Lookup and Display Data from Mysql Database

[meesh2175]

Hello, I am new to PHP and I could really use some help!

I have been tasked with creating an online form to track employee training. I have created a database with a table which includes 5 fields (id, lname, fname, dept and status). I have uploaded all of my employee information into the table.

I would like it so that my online form (see attached picture) will look up their ID# in the database and then display their first name, last name, department and status in the corresponding columns.

I honestly don't even know where to start. I know how to connect to my database but that is about it.

Thanks!!!
Michelle

[johnj]

Add a submit button at the end of the form(use the form tag at the appropriate place). When the user enters the ID# (one or many) and clicks submit, get all ID# in the form, connect to the database, fetch all details for each employee using ID# and display it.

When you have completed the above and comfortable with the coding, remove the submit button and use jquery/ajax so that as soon as the user completes typing the ID#, the corresponding details are fetched and displayed without the user clicking the submit button.

[meesh2175]

Add a submit button at the end of the form(use the form tag at the appropriate place). When the user enters the ID# (one or many) and clicks submit, get all ID# in the form, connect to the database, fetch all details for each employee using ID# and display it.

When you have completed the above and comfortable with the coding, remove the submit button and use jquery/ajax so that as soon as the user completes typing the ID#, the corresponding details are fetched and displayed without the user clicking the submit button.

Thanks johnj for your help!! I do have a submit button, I must of cropped it out of my picture. My issue is I don't know how to look up the details for more than one ID# at a time. I can fetch and display the details for one employee at a time but can't look up all 10. Any suggestions? Thanks again!

[meesh2175]

I figure it out! For anyone who looking for something similar, here is my my small sample code.

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<?php
//Connect and select database
mysql_connect("localhost", "username", "password") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("db_name") or die(mysql_error());

//Set the variables
$search1 = $_POST["id1"]; 
$search2 = $_POST["id2"]; 

//Search the first ID and display results
$data = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE id LIKE '$search1'") or die(mysql_error());
while($info = mysql_fetch_array( $data ))
{
	echo "".$info['id'] . "  ";
	echo "".$info['lname'] . " ";
	echo "".$info['fname'] . "  ";
	echo "".$info['dept'] . "  ";
	echo "".$info['status'] . "<br><br>";
}

//Search the second ID and display results
$data2 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE id LIKE '$search2'") or die(mysql_error());
while($info2 = mysql_fetch_array( $data2 ))
{
	echo "".$info['id'] . "  ";
	echo "".$info['lname'] . " ";
	echo "".$info['fname'] . "  ";
	echo "".$info['dept'] . "  ";
	echo "".$info['status'] . "<br><br>";
}

?>